Arts BC Arts Service Society
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 118791680RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($955,075) as filed with the CRA.
Arts BC Arts Service Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $942K in revenue and $955K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 82% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $93K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 38% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $147K in 2020 to $942K in 2024.
In its own words
To provide educational and knowledge sharing services to a board membership of cultural organizations to advance community cultural development throughout british columbia.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $942K | $955K | $699K | — | — | $42K |
| 2023 | $637K | $653K | $423K | — | $43K | $55K |
| 2022 | $353K | $358K | $242K | — | — | $28K |
| 2021 | $223K | $213K | $125K | — | — | $33K |
| 2020 | $147K | $141K | $71K | — | — | $22K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $93K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$156K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Arts BC Arts Service Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118791680RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.